Augusto Pinochet is not a graduate of the School of the Americas; yet
his influence is held in high esteem. In 1991, visitors could view a
note from Pinochet, and a ceremonial sword donated by him, on display in
the office of the Commandant (Charles Call, MH, 8/9/93)

Graduates
of the School of the Americas have comprised 1 out of every 7 members
of the command staff of DINA, the notorious Chilean intelligence agency
responsible for many of the worst human rights atrocities during the
Pinochet years.

Name: Colonel Pablo BelmarDates/courses: Guest Instructor in 1987, and took Basic Arms Orientation course in 1968Info: Directly implicated in the 1976 torture and murder of United Nations
official Carmelo Soria, whose neck was broken after he was arrested and
tortured by Chilean DINA (Dirección de lnteligencia Nacional) personnel,
Pinochet's personal secret police force that operated from 1974-1977.
Soria's car and body were dumped in a Santiago canal in order to make
his death appear accidental. (Americas Watch Report, Unfinished
Business: Human Rights in Chile at the Start of the Frei Presidency,
1994) According to former SOA instructor Maj. Joseph Blair, as a guest
instructor in 1987, Belmar was responsible for teaching the human rights
component to the students.

Name: First Lieutenant Miguel Krassnoff Dates/courses: 1974, Urban Counterinsurgency Course Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case, 1998: Info: One
of 30 officials cited in the case of Augusto Pinochet for crimes of
genocide, terrorism, torture, and illegal arrest. A former member of the
DINA, Krassnoff was known by political prisoners held and tortured at
Villa Grimaldi, Tress Alamos and Cuatro Alamos. Implicated in the death
by torture of former Spanish diplomat Carmelo Soria in 1976. Took part
in the assault on the residence of former president Salvador Allende who
was deposed by the Army in Sept. 1973. (Derechos Chile)

Name: Armando Fernandez LariosDates/courses:Combat Arms Orientation, 1970Info: Fernandez Larios was second in command to General Sergio Arellano
Stark, whose tour of northern cities in 1973 resulted in dozens of
summary executions. (Americas Watch Report, Chile in Transition, 1989)
He was one of two DINA agents charged with assassinating General Carlos
Prats Gonzalez, who was defense minister under the regime Augusto
Pinochet overthrew. Prats and his wife were killed by a car bomb in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Americas Watch Report, Unfinished Business:
Human Rights in Chile at the Start of the Frei Presidency, 1994) He was
also indicted in 1979 by U.S. grand jury for involvement in the Letelier
assassination in Washington, D.C. (Americas Watch Report, Chile in
Transition, 1989)

Name: Lieutentant Pablo Martínez Latorre AbelardoDates/courses: Combat Arms Orientation, 1971Info: Latorre was convicted as an accomplice to 14 homocides that occurred in Antofogasta on October 18, 1973 as part of the Carvan of Death. His sentence of five years in prison was handed down on December 23, 2013.

Name:Hugo AcevedoDates/courses:1970, Combat Arms OrientationInfo: DINA: According to testimony by Luz Arce, Acevedo was a key official in the repressive forces of the DINA. (Primera Confesión desde el Interior de la DINA, Revista APS, Santiago de Chile)

Name: Ernesto Baeza MichelsenDates/courses: 1964,Comando y Estado MayorInfo: Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case, 1998: One of 30 officials cited in
the case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes of genocide, terrorism,
torture, and illegal arrest. Former head of Investigations Police who
allegedly chose 50 members of his institution to take part in the
actions known as Covem, in which 14 people were arrested. One of the
14, a journalism student, Eduardo Jara, died as a consequence of the
torture he received. (Derechos Chile)

Name: Lieutenant Colonel German BarrigaDates/courses: 1986, InstructorInfo: Repression of socialist party: According to testimony by Luz Arce, Barriga was in charge of repression of the socialist party by the DINA. (Primera Confesi?n desde el Interior de la DINA, Revista APS, Santiago de Chile). Note: On January 17, 2005, German Barriga lept to his death out of an 18th floor window of a recently finished building in downtown Santiago, Chile. He`d written a farewell letter explaining his decision. He`d been the object a few times of the "funa," a tactic that`s been developed by Chilean families of the tortured and disappeared in which a large group of people gather outside the home or office of a known torturer or murderer and create havoc with pots and pans and songs and let everyone within earshot know what this person did during the dictatorship. Barriga was also reported to have been involved in the disappearance of Jorge Muñoz, the husband of Gladys Marín, the beloved ex-head of the Chilean Communist Party. For more information, visit www.lanacion.cl.

Name: Alejandro BurgosDates/courses: 1975, Basic Officer OrientationInfo: Manipulation of Political Prisoners: According to testimony by Luz Arce, Burgos was involved in aplan to get left-wing political prisoners who had been tortured into collaborating with the DINA to meetwith the U.S. Ambassador to show that they had changed their political convictions. (Primera Confesión desde el Interior de la DINA, Revista APS, Santiago de Chile)

Name: Colonel Alfredo CanalesDates/courses: 1974, Basic Officer Orientation CourseInfo: Barred exhumation of body, July 14, 1994: In an event related to the disappearance of four soldiers in 1974, Canales personally barred the exhumation of a body believed to have been illegally buried on Army premises. Canales had earlier given his approval to the exhumation. (Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York Weekly News Update on the Americas, 7/30/94)

Name: Sergio Espioza DaviesDates/courses: 1972, Combat Arms OrientationInfo:Participation in Secretive War Tribunals, 1973: In October 1998, HumanRights Watch wrote a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations requesting the removal of Espinoza Davies as head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan because of his role as a member of secretive war tribunals which judged political opponents during the Pinochet dictatorship. In one case in October 1973, Espinoza’s tribunal sentenced six socialist leaders to death after an irregular proceeding. Four of the men were executed the next morning. (Human Rights Watch)

Name: Humberto Gordon RubioDates/courses: 1954, Infantry Weapons; 1954, Operaciones y Mantenamiento de Radio; 1955, Tank Gunnery CourseInfo: Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case, 1998: One of 30 officials cited in the case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes of genocide, terrorism, torture, and illegal arrest. Former head of the CNI secret police and also former member of the military Junta. (Derechos Chile)

Name:Major Carlos Herrera JimenezDates/courses: 1971, Combat Arms OrientationInfo:Torture, murder, 1984; murder, 1982: Sentenced in December 1991 for the torture and murder of a transport worker in La Serena. Also implicated in the abduction and murder of trade unionist Tucapel Jim?nez in 1982. (Americas Watch Report, Unfinished Business: Human Rights in Chile at the Start of the Frei Presidency, 1994)

Name: Eduardo Iturriaga NeumannDates/courses:1965, Basic Airborne CourseInfo:Info:Exploitation of political prisoners: According to testimony by Luz Arce, Iturriaga and other officers of the DINA used political prisoners that had been tortured into collaboration as secretaries and analysts in their offices. (Primera Confesion desde el Interior de la DINA, Revista APS, Santiago de Chile)Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case, 1998: One of 30 officials cited in the case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes of genocide, terrorism, torture, and illegal arrest.(Derechos Chile)

Name:Lieutenant Colonel Fernando LaurianiDates/courses: 1971, Combat Arms Orientation CourseInfo: Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case, 1998: One of 30 officials cited in the case of Augusto Pinochet for crimes of genocide, terrorism, torture, and illegal arrest. (Derechos Chile) Kidnapping, disappearance, 1974: Implicated in the 1974 kidnapping and disappearance of brothers Juan Carlos and Jorge Elias Andr?nico Antequera, Lauriani's was one of the few cases of military crimes to be tried after Pinochet's brutal dictatorship. Unfortunately, Pinochet brought all of his influence to bear and the case was finally handed to a military court, which, of course, absolved Lauriani and closed the case. (Americas Watch Report, Unfinished Business: Human Rights in Chile at the Start of the Frei Presidency, 1994)

Name:Colonel Jaime Lepe OrellanaDates/courses: 1968, Basic Arms Orientation CourseInfo: Torture, murder of U.N. official, 1976: Directly implicated in the 1976 torture and murder of United Nations official Carmelo Soria, whose neck was broken after he was arrested by Chilean DINApersonnel. Soria's car and body were dumped in a Santiago canal in order to make his death appearaccidental. At the time the case was reopened in 1991, Lepe was General Pinochet's personal secretary. (Americas Watch Report, Unfinished Business: Human Rights in Chile at the Start of the Frei Presidency, 1994)

Name: General Augusto LutzDates/courses: 1966, Comando y estado mayorInfo: Coup: Lutz was one of the military officials who participated with Pinochet in the coup against the Allende government. (Juicio a Pinochet en Espana, Equipo Nizkor)

Name: Odlanier MenaDates/courses: 1970, Comando y Estado MayorInfo: Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case, 1998: One of 30 officials cited in the case of Augusto Pinochet for crimes of genocide, terrorism, torture, and illegal arrest. (Derechos Chile) Exploitation of prisoners: Luz Arce, a political prisoner who was torutred by DINA officials, testified that Mena offered her freedom in exchange for working three years as a spy for the DINA. (Primera Confesion desde el Interior de la DINA, Revista APS, Santiago de Chile)

Name:Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Rolando Mosqueira JarpaDates/courses: 1970, Combat Arms OrienationInfo: Concentration camp: Mosqueira was active in the Villa Grimaldi concentration camp in which more than 4500 people were held. (Presos Poloticos de Chile)

Name: Colonel Manuel Provis CarrascoDates/courses: 1970, Combat Arms OrienationInfo: Concentration camp: Provis was active in the Villa Grimaldi concentration camp in which more than 4500 people were held. (Presos Pol?ticos de Chile)

Name: Colonel Marco Antonio Saez SaavedraDates/courses: 1970, Combat Arms OrientationInfo: Concentration camp: Saez was active in the Villa Grimaldi concentration camp in which more than 4500 people were held. (Presos Politicos de Chile)

Name:Colonel Jose ZaraDates/courses: 1965, Basic Airborne; 1970, Basic Officer OrientationInfo: Linked to Pratts assassination: According to lawyers working on the case, Zara, as undersecretary of the Foreign Relations department of the DINA, provided logistical support for the assassination of the ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean army, General Carlos Prats and his wife. (Situacion de derechos humanos en Chile durante el primer semestre del 1996, Arzobispado de Santiago)